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New vision out from the CSAF today. My NSHO: excellent job stating realistic priorities and eliminating fluff. Most of the feel-good stuff was moved to the narrative sections, but when he lists his priorities, they are very mission centric.

Mid-month mypay's are up. My paycheck shrunk thanks to the social security being bigger than the raise and zero change in BAH. It's interesting that the media is just reporting the increase in Social Security as being 2% of total pay, although that is technically true. Calculated another way, I was paying ~$240 and am now paying ~$400, or roughly a 67% increase in Social Security payments. It sounds like a much bigger deal when you put it that way.

President signs NDAA as written with a caveat that it will be selectively enforced. Sec 521 delays the 75 day carryover until 30 Sep 2015.

When I was living in their housing, Balfour Beatty just sprayed grass killer on the base of all the fences. It looked extremely tacky, but saved on trimming the edges.

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Seen some poor QC on the basic Colt's. Every RRA I've seen or handled has been excellent with no QC issues. I should have qualified my comment that my opinion is that RRA beats Colt dollar for dollar. There's nothing wrong with most Colt's and it is hard to go wrong with the standard. Separately, I've been very impressed with the ST's I've handled. I would also check out wilson combat for nice rifles.

See the post two previous to yours. RRA is better than Colt. Also recommend making your purchase about two months ago. Lots of great deals to be had. ETA: I also like Spikes Tactical, but their prices have become somewhat elevated recently and they're backordered a year.

Don't know much about that specific university/degree, but it does appear that they aren't regionally accredited. It sounds like we're looking for a similar program, and I'd love to hear more info about the program if you get some firsthand experience. I don't know if you've looked at Colorado Tech, but they have a D.M. in Homeland Security that looks pretty similar to the Strategic Security program you mentioned. It's the only doctorate I've found until now that really addresses our niche and is available in a mostly online format.

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If I found out that I DID NOT have a dot on that map, I would want to get it corrected immediately. Easy pickings for criminals to take that map with them on crime sprees and target all non-gun owners. This is why registration laws are a bad idea and is a major part of that 'slippery slope' that some folks deny exists.

Light reading on the Clovis water situation: Ute Lake Pipeline Project Ogallala Aquifer Depletion Clovis Water Facts BL: It rarely rains in Clovis. There is zero naturally replenishing surface water within 50+ miles. The only water source is the Ogallala Aquifer deep underground. Beneath Clovis, it used to range in usable depth of 60-70 feet of water. In the 15 or so years since the dairies have opened and been freely drawing from it, it's dropped to approximately 15 feet. Every source indicates that Clovis will run out, but there's greatly varying opinions as to when. They want to spend $500 million to build a pipeline from the reservoir that is 100 miles to the north to bring water in. 75% of the funds for that pipeline would be federal, and it would destroy a unique ecology and resort environment that's developed at that reservoir. They also don't know if the pipeline would provide sufficient water to continue to supply the dairies insatiable demand (approx. 97% of the current aquifer draw).

Negative. Awful experience with their subcontractor that does mortgages. EXCELLENT experiences with everything else from banking, to investments, to automotive stuff. I've even had great experiences using their services to purchase diamond jewelry for my wife.

There are two great things about Kerry getting SECSTATE. 1. This means he won't be the Secretary of Defense. 2. It could lead to a more balanced Senate.

You realize you're sitting on the type of investment most folks dream of right now, right?

This article is very well written and discusses a world I've never really imagined. Kudos to the cyber guys for keeping us safe.

I just closed on my new house a few weeks ago. I used movers advantage to get the $950 and barely used the realtor. I bought new so there was no negotiating on the price and I was happy to get the $950 kickback and the backup of a realtor on my side. It paid off. I used local financing and found that process to be MUCH better than USAA's mortgage service. Keep in mind that USAA mortgages are the one business unit that is subcontracted. They may say they're USAA when you're talking to them, but upon further questioning, you learn that they're just another company who handles the mortgages (very badly) for USAA. Not only were they completely incompetent when I used them, they don't give you the excellent treatment I'm used to getting from every USAA rep I've ever talked to. Good luck with the move.

I'm so grateful to have finally left that place. Here's the dust storm they had today. Sadly these are pretty routine.

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This mornings article analyzing sale and manufacture of various guns. Highlights: Cerberus announced that they will liquidate holdings in a massive sell-off of the parent company that makes Bushmaster, Remington, and Marlin. Dicks Sporting Goods is suspending sales of "all modern sporting rifles." Walmart Stores have pulled all Bushmasters from the shelves Ruger and S&W stocks have been tanking.

Just an interesting point of reference. The DPMS Panther AR15 at buds has been steadily priced at $579 for the past few months as one of their cheapest listed AR's. Browsing the site just now, there are almost no AR's of any type left in stock. That particular rifle is one of the few left and is now marked at $901.

Feinstein says she will introduce assault weapons ban at start of next Congress.

North Korea launches satellite into orbit.